''Ficus subpuberula'' is a

lithophytic Lithophytes are plants that grow in or on rocks. They can be classified as either epilithic (or epipetric) or endolithic; epilithic lithophytes grow on the surfaces of rocks, while endolithic lithophytes grow in the crevices of rocks (and are als ...

fig that is endemic to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. It ranges from extreme western Queensland, through the Northern Territory, into Western Australia.

Description

''Ficus subpuberula'' is a

monoecious Monoecy (; adj. monoecious ) is a sexual system in seed plants where separate male and female cones or flowers are present on the same plant. It is a monomorphic sexual system alongside gynomonoecy, andromonoecy and trimonoecy. Monoecy is conne ...

tree which grows up to tall. Its leaves are long and wide. Its

syconia Syconium (plural ''syconia'') is the type of inflorescence borne by figs (genus ''Ficus''), formed by an enlarged, fleshy, hollow receptacle with multiple ovaries on the inside surface. In essence, it is really a fleshy stem with a number of flow ...

are yellow, orange or red in colour, long and in diameter.

References

Trees of Australia Flora of Queensland Flora of the Northern Territory Rosids of Western Australia subpuberula Rosales of Australia Taxa named by E. J. H. Corner {{Australia-rosid-stub